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Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 32, Number 2, Fall 2020

Description: Biannual publication "devoted to the rich history of Dallas and North Central Texas" as a way to "examine the many historical legacies--social, ethnic, cultural, political--which have shaped the modern city of Dallas and the region around it." The theme of this issue is "Tales from Two Cities."
Date: Autumn 2020
Creator: Dallas Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Dallas Historical Society

We Can, We Will!

Description: The story of the first African Americans to serve in the regular army.
Date: February 2019
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Transcript: Memoir of Cornelia Garner]

Description: Transcript of handwritten notes written by Cornelia Garner describing what she remembers of moving to Texas as a child, living on a farm in Navarro County, managing a ranch and making cloth during the Civil War, and various other details that she remembered. There are notes and annotations added to the end for clarification.
Date: 2019
Creator: Treadwell, Cornelia Evelyn Garner
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries

Oral History Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, October 16, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, who details the history of her extended family starting with her great, great, great grandfather, Ernst Schwethelm, who immigrated from Germany in 180 and settled in Comfort, TX. Other notable moments within the Schwethelm's long family history are included such as Henry Schwethelm, a Texas Ranger who fought in the Battle of Nueces in the Civil War, and the family's business in mercantile, real estate, and cattle ranching. Images relat… more
Date: October 16, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Shelton, Phyllis Schwethelm
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, October 16, 2018

Description: Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, who details the history of her extended family starting with her great, great, great grandfather, Ernst Schwethelm, who immigrated from Germany in 180 and settled in Comfort, TX. Other notable moments within the Schwethelm's long family history are included such as Henry Schwethelm, a Texas Ranger who fought in the Battle of Nueces in the Civil War, and the family's business in mercantile, real estate, and cattle ranching. Images relating to the interv… more
Date: October 16, 2018
Duration: 58 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Shelton, Phyllis Schwethelm
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, October 16, 2018

Description: Interview with Phyllis Schwethelm Shelton, who details the history of her extended family starting with her great, great, great grandfather, Ernst Schwethelm, who immigrated from Germany in 180 and settled in Comfort, TX. Other notable moments within the Schwethelm's long family history are included such as Henry Schwethelm, a Texas Ranger who fought in the Battle of Nueces in the Civil War, and the family's business in mercantile, real estate, and cattle ranching. Images relating to the interv… more
Date: October 16, 2018
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Shelton, Phyllis Schwethelm
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 17. Civil War

Description: Video of Dr. Torget's lecture about the U.S. Civil War, covering: (1) War Breaks Out, (2), Texans in the Confederate Armies, (3) Life on the Homefront, (4) End of War, End of Slavery.
Date: 2018-08-25T02:22:35/2018-08-25T03:42:36
Duration: 1 hour 54 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 17. Civil War (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the U.S. Civil War, covering: (1) War Breaks Out, (2), Texans in the Confederate Armies, (3) Life on the Homefront, (4) End of War, End of Slavery. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-25T02:22:35/2018-08-25T03:42:36
Duration: 1 hour 58 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 18. Presidential Reconstruction (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about Civil War reconstruction in Texas, covering: (1) Three Major Questions, (3) Presidential Reconstruction, (3) Constitution of 1866, (4) Congress Takes Over Reconstruction. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-25T03:42:42/2018-08-25T04:20:39
Duration: 38 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries

Education of Women in Texas

Description: Study of the history of women's education in Texas. This work discusses the foundations of education in Texas and the factors that influenced the growth of women's education within the state. The index begins on page 179.
Date: 2018
Creator: Aiken, Wreathy Price
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Miss Ella of the Deep South of Texas

Description: Historical narrative of the life of Ellen Talbot and the region of Texas the author calls the "Deep South of Texas," meaning that area near the Gulf that combines elements of the West with those of the Deep South.
Date: 2018
Creator: Allen, Arda Talbot, 1889-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Built in Texas

Description: Book describing folk building in Texas, including information about the construction of churches, cabins, sheds, barns, fences, and other folk building techniques. The index begins on page 277.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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